i dont think any school goes near NorthWestern and Michigan... for Northwestern you gotta be smart to get in... its really hard but the rest of the big 10 programs im pretty sure they just let u in if your good enough

the University of Minnesota's research center is matched by no one, while having the largest on-site campus in the country with the 2nd highest enrollment(damn you U of Texas) and the athletics are good in every sport(according to other college's standards)

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i dont think any school goes near NorthWestern and Michigan... for Northwestern you gotta be smart to get in... its really hard but the rest of the big 10 programs im pretty sure they just let u in if your good enough

Are you talking for athletes or everyone in general? Trust me when I say a lot of Ohio State's graduate departments are pretty hard to get into.

The Big Ten is probably the best in academic among the major conferences, and probably only second to the Ivy league. I cant really name a bad academic school in the Big Ten, all of them are outstanding academically.

ohio state is the only i can think of that pretty much anyone can get in

Are you talking undergrad or graduate school? Becuase Iowa is fairly easiy to get into, but the way they evaluate incoming freshman, its actually easiear to get into if you come from an average or so size high school, the bigger the high school, the harder it is to get in. I found that strange.

he got u there... but anyways i dont understand this forum... if we're talking on academics its Harvard and Princeton but if we're talkin about one sport its gotta be Duke, if we're talking OVERALL and the whole package its Stanford

how can a school being IN new jersey, be closer to new york???? guess the ivy leagues was outta the question for you... but anyway, princeton is ranked the top school year after year by time magazine and harvards in a close second.

If someone had a 98.3 average (3rd in class of 220) and played football for four years, but with no activities other than the year-long football program, could he get in any of the listed schools?

It's possible. The thing about Ivy League admissions is that even if you're an amazing student with great extracurriculars, you're still not guaranteed a spot. It's based on luck a lot and many great students are rejected from these schools. It's basically a numbers game. The more places you apply, the better chances you have. Always pick a few safety schools to fall back on if you don't get accepted to your top choices.